-નવીસ

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نویس (nawīs), stem of نوشتن (nawištan, “to write”). Compare Hindi -नवीस (-navīs), Bengali -নবিস (-nobiś) and Punjabi -ਨਵੀਸ (-navīs).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈ.nə.ʋis/

Suffix

-નવીસ • (-navīs)

1. agentive suffix indicating someone who writes or draws.

   ‎અખબાર (akhabār, “news”) + ‎-નવીસ (-navīs) → ‎અખબારનવીસ (akhabāranvīs, “journalist”)